24 CEOs and Chairpersons Became Classmates. Their Graduation-Night Homework: Go Home and Cut Your Meetings in Half.

Most companies hear "employees are afraid to speak up" and answer, "Our culture is open," then walk straight into the next meeting. On graduation night of Taiwan's second Certified Agile Facilitator (CAF) cohort, 21 CEOs and chairpersons took the stage one after another — and not one of them gave a polite, empty answer. One admitted the real problem was never that his people wouldn't execute; it was that information never made it to them. Another gave herself a number on the spot: go home and cut meetings by half. No conflict in a meeting doesn't mean consensus — it often just means the real problem hasn't been said out loud yet. The real exam for this class isn't in the graduation photo. It's in the first meeting they run when they get back.




